Rapid warming, wet-snow avalanches… and a hidden weak layer on the shady side of the mountain (north’ish facing slopes above 2200 m) We’ve had record-breaking accumulations of 2 to 3 metres of fresh snow over the last 10 days in the N French Alps and...
“Nothing happens… most of the time”. This can be a trap that leads us into complacency and sometimes into dangerous situations without us even realizing what’s happening – in avalanche terrain, aviation, surgery, finance, even in spacecraft development. We think...
Fresh snow again in the Northern French Alps and surrounding areas this week, and plenty of it – great news, and fantastic snow quality! But this season we’re also dealing with an exceptionally unstable snowpack in many places. Weather forecasters are talking about...
Since the major mid-January storm cycle and the highly unstable conditions outlined in our last snow report, we’ve benefited from a series of small top-ups of fresh snow – around 5-10 cm at a time – over the past few days. More light snowfall is expected...
One of many recent avalanche incidents illustrating unstable off-piste conditions (no one hurt in this one, as far as we know) https://www.youtube.com/shorts/KyVzUMu2fiMVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Accidental avalanche on “Familliale” – Val...
Much-needed fresh snow has significantly boosted snow depths and revived off-piste conditions! But also an extremely unstable snowpack…. https://youtu.be/b_4IV0p7-RM?si=LYYaJzv13op4Z_NZVideo can't be loaded because JavaScript is disabled: Off-piste Snow Report...
